Ram8349 13 Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 (edited) How often do you back up files for your web site? How many copies of backup do you keep? I almost had a heart attack when all my public_html files were deleted when I deleted a new ftp account which not suppose to have any files associated with it. The latest backup was done on 4/29. Somehow when the files were restored, all my latest posts after 4/29 were still there. I guess the files for actual posts on the forum are not really under public_html? Edited May 4, 2012 by Ram8349 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vaudevillianvet 2 Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Forum files are often kept in the database, I believe. Personally I back-up my site either "every-so-often" (monthly, but not exactly.), or whenever I make a big change. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Administrators Nathan 288 Posted May 4, 2012 Administrators Share Posted May 4, 2012 The database 2 times per day, files 1 time per day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crumblepie 3 Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Wow, that's a lot Nathan! I backup mine only after major redesigns. If there's an easy solution for backing up lots of sites at once, let me know. It would take up my whole life to backup all of my sites everyday. I have access to a VPS. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Administrators Nathan 288 Posted May 4, 2012 Administrators Share Posted May 4, 2012 Well it's scheduled so I don't manually do anything to backup. I have to do this often can't risk my websites or data. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thomas 59 Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 How long do you guys keep your backups for? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Administrators Nathan 288 Posted May 4, 2012 Administrators Share Posted May 4, 2012 Until I run out of diskspace, but haven't yet so I have them for years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheMightyEddy 5 Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 My host backs up my site every day so I don't have to worry about anything. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Creaky 1 Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 The filesystem is backed up once a week or whenever making any changes, host also backs up daily. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChuckTesta 37 Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 I was backing up daily, but have now switched to weekly with 4 weeks trailing. After the 4 weeks, they overwrite. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Administrators Nathan 288 Posted May 7, 2012 Administrators Share Posted May 7, 2012 My host backs up my site every day so I don't have to worry about anything. Yes probably backs up you files, but doubt they backup your databases. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmy 2 Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 I backup my files everyday usally. Database - 1 time a day currently Website - every time i update it Forum - 1-2 times a day Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ljepilo 4 Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 I back up my website once every month , I think its totaly okay even if I do it every 2/3 months. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JHTech100 11 Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Not enough... Database: Once every few days, and a weekly cron job. Files: Err... Every time I update forum software (few months or so). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JackClarke 1 Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Every 7 days. This is because the MCNode servers are backed up every 7 days so we just back them all up at once. It would be far too expensive to backup over 300GB daily. The backups are less important on our server because we don't upload a lot to it and it's usually kept on our computers as well. What is important is the client's data from MCNode. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DarkGizmo 2 Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 I backup my files all the time. My database gets backed up and emailed to me every day at midnight. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ISHAN5 0 Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 I will backup my files around every month so that no virus can affect them but some time this back up process take place earlier due to more viruses in my system Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tetutato 10 Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Hmm I never do them manually unless I'm making big changes by myself. I believe my host has a scheduled backup. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dexterlablab1 4 Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 I have my site and files set to be backed up every two nights at 1am. I had a really close hacker incident that could have cost me to lose everything. By the graces of God I lost nothing. But I damn sure learned my lesson and have been backing up everything ever since. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marc 49 Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Files are backed up as and when they are created as they are synced. Database is backed up 4 times a day currently. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Talk Tech News 1 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 I back mine up at the end of every week, without fail as no site owner can afford to lose any data. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dexterlablab1 4 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Files are backed up as and when they are created as they are synced. Database is backed up 4 times a day currently. I should start doing it that much as well. You can never be too careful with the way hackers have been on a rampage in the last 2 years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marc 49 Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 I should start doing it that much as well. You can never be too careful with the way hackers have been on a rampage in the last 2 years. I just think that I put far too much effort into building my site than to lose it all just be ruined by someone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ridwan sameer 27 Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 I Think Daily backups for active sites and weekly/monthly backups for not so active sites\ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dexterlablab1 4 Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 I just think that I put far too much effort into building my site than to lose it all just be ruined by someone. I couldn't agree more. Nothing would be more depressing and spirit breaking than losing months or even years worth of work in an instant, just because a hacker decided to make trouble. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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